After surviving the threat of a murderer and finding love with each other, George Martin and Mike Foster, best friends since childhood, are settling into a happy life. George's new promotion to the youngest captain in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office keeps him busy, and his current case is no exception. The body of a fifty-year-old drag queen is found in the locked dressing room of a bar.<br><br>As George delves into the subsequent murder investigation, he uncovers a dangerous trail of murdered drag queens and young gay men that intersects with another case involving porn films, torture, and worse. He struggles to make sense of the murders, but it's Mike who asks the question that leads to a break in the case.

Drag and Drop

It was time to pour the wine, so I opened two bottles of Ravenswood Zinfandel. I left one of them in the kitchen to breathe and carried the other out to the deck just as the Plotts arrived.


“Hello, Lieutenant, Bob said as he shook my free hand.


“Actually, as of September third, it’s Captain,” I said.


“No shit? If you’re a captain now, what’s Henry?”


“That’s Chief Henry to you,” the chief said. “You don’t need to bow, but you may kiss my ring.”


“That’s quite a surprise,” Bob said, “and you guys have some explaining to do.”


“I’ll leave the chief to that task while I pour the wine.”


While we waited for Mike to finish the steaks, the chief filled Bob in on the reorganization that the sheriff had implemented, right down to the fact that the sheriff used the implementation plan I’d submitted.


Chapter 42